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Fast Facts on Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis
Publisher: Sega Developer: Sonic Team System(s): Game Boy Advance Released in US: Nov. 14, 2006 Genre: 2D Platformer ESRB

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis is a Game Boy Advance remake of the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis, made in celebration of the 15th anniversary of that game, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog himself.

The game is criticized for its slowdown (for example, obtaining speed shoes causes the game to slow down at times, rather than speed up), poor music renditions and sound quality, unfaithfully ported movement physics, shortened and different ending sequences, and numerous bugs and glitches. This has led it to be considered one of the worst Sonic games released.

Differences and Additions from the Genesis Version

A save game feature which allows players to resume from the beginning of the level can be accessed by pausing and using the "Save" option. The game also automatically saves after completing a zone. An "Anniversary Mode" is added and grants the player the Spin Dash ability that was introduced in later Sonic games. The graphics remain the same (with the exception of Sonic's redrawn sprite), but the view is slightly zoomed in due to the Game Boy Advances screen's width being smaller than that of a standard television. This makes the game more difficult as less of the terrain can be seen and thus there is less time to react to oncoming obstacles when running fast. The cheat codes from the Genesis game were not ported.

Manuals

• Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis US Manual

Production Credits

Original Development Staff

Game Plan: Carol Yas
Program: YU2
Character Design: BigIsland
Design: Jinya Ito, Phenix Rie
Sound Produce: Masato Nakamura
Sound Program: Jimita, Macky
Special Thanks: Fujio Minegishi, "Papa"

Credits Listed in Manual

Sega of America, Inc.

Sega of America, Inc. CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
President/COO: Simon Jeffery
VP of Product Development: Dave Cobb
VP of Sales: Sue Hughes-Taigen
Producer: Justin Lambros
Assistant Producer: Kevin Frane
VP of Marketing: Scott Steinberg
Senior Publishing Manager: Klayton Vorlick
Director of Marketing: Don Mesa
Product Marketing Manager: Yosuke Moriya
Public Relations Manager: Jennie Sue
Creative Services Manager: Jen Groeling
Production Specialist: Heather Lucchetti
QA Manager: Deni Skeens
QA Supervisor: Josh Morton
Senior QA Lead: Shawn Dobbins
QA Lead Tester: Marta Khosraw
QA Compliancy Test Lead: Stephen Akana

Sega of Japan

Manual Production: Yoshihro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Colin Restall
Special Thanks: Aya Takeuchi, Rhianna Kellom

Box Art

US cover

US cart

External Links

• Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis Reviews on Metacritic

See Also

• Sonic the Hedgehog GBA
• Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis (Genesis)

Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

Sonic 1 Main Article (Genesis) Levels Advertisements Enemies Bosses Bug List (Genesis) Cheat Codes (Genesis) Game Development Game Secrets Magazine Articles Music Level Maps SCHG

Levels: Green Hill Marble Spring Yard Labyrinth Star Light Scrap Brain Final Special Stage Advertisements: Think Fast Sega Hotline The Best Game Ever To see all print and TV advertisements, visit the Advertisements page. Enemies and Obstacles: Ball Hog Batbrain Bomb Burrobot Buzz Bomber Caterkiller Chopper Crabmeat Fire Statue Jaws Moto Bug Newtron Orbinaut Roller Spikes Bosses: Cheat Codes: From title screen Zone Select: +, select zone. Debug mode: +, hold until Sonic appears. Zone Select + Debug Mode: +, select zone, hold until Sonic appears (the extra is to force the cheat detection code to reset itself). Messed up Demo: While a demo is playing, hold ++. Sonic will be unable to jump, making him seem confused, lose his place, and possibly die. On all codes containing Cs, the Cs can be input anywhere during the sequence. For a list of all codes, see Cheat Codes:Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit).